The Pro Cycling Challenge's stage 1 kicked off Tuesday in the small town of Salida. It wound 99.3 miles through Monarch Pass, Gunnison, Crested Butte and ended on Mount Crested Butte.

CRESTED BUTTE — Hello from just below the finish of Stage 1 at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. The four-drive here from Colorado Springs was nothing short of spectacular. It wasn’t driving down l’Alpe d’Huez to Grenoble but for the U.S. it was pretty nice.